On 0, martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> wrote: > also sprach Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> [2002.08.04.1846 +0200]: > > That is not needed. Just reboot normally (which sync's the buffer > > cache to disk and marks the disks clean). The readonly flag is only > > used at boot time so that fsck can check the disk and be assured that > > nothing else is changing the filesystem as it is doing that operation. > > unless /var is mounted, /sbin/shutdown won't work. so your only > options are a cold/warm reset or an exit to the shell, which will > result in a kernel panic. in both cases is the disk not unmounted > properly. # init 2 usually does the job for me. Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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